<p>Think you know your history? Think again.</p><br><p>From the stories of the former slave that taught Charles Darwin to the first female playwright who was a spy for the English King... Historian, author and broadcaster Dr Fern Riddell <a href="https://www.history.co.uk/shows/not-what-you-thought-you-knew" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">is exploring</a> some little-known characters from history to reveal not just their incredible stories, but also why they're so important for our view of what the past looked like.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
| Title | Date published | ||
| The Sacred Band of Thebes | 2020-11-10 | ||
| Olaudah Equiano and the British Abolitionist Movement | 2020-11-03 | ||
| A Tribute to Olaudah Equiano | 2020-10-27 | ||
| Allan Noel Minns the WW1 Officer and Son of Britain's First Black Mayor | 2020-10-20 | ||
| The Ivory Bangle Lady and Roman Britain | 2020-10-13 | ||
| The First Black British Football Heroes | 2020-10-06 | ||
| The Night Witches and the Fighting Women of the Soviet Union | 2020-09-29 | ||
| The Chevalier d'Éon and Gender Nonconformity | 2020-09-22 | ||
| Inghen Ruaidh, the Birka Grave and Viking Warrior Women | 2020-09-15 | ||
| John Edmonstone the Former Slave who Taught Darwin | 2019-11-27 | ||
| Mary Anning the Pioneering Fossil Hunter | 2019-11-20 | ||
| Aphra Behn and Female Espionage | 2019-11-06 | ||
| The Mary Rose and the People of Tudor England | 2019-07-19 | ||
| Dr Fern Riddell's #NotWhatYouThought | 2019-07-10 |